This title is offensive. Overall, it is disgraceful how some liberals are attacking her and questioning alternatively her capacity to lead and her parenting skills.
And I am saying this as a liberal woman.
Ugh.
The irony of this was that I was listening to one of my liberal democrat inlaws saying that if Gov Palin had been at home being a mother instead of governing a state, then maybe this wouldn't happen. I heard that sentiment echoed on tv as well. I was in disbelief that this is being said by people who are politically liberal, but I guess some are so eager to criticize the opposing team that anything will be and can be said.
even if you're technically correct, you're really saying that being a governor of the least populated state for less than one term qualifies her to be president more than joe biden who was in service for this country when Juno's mom was in high school.
either way, doesn't wash. sorry
Why does everyone say Alaska is the least populated state? It's not. It has a larger population than Vermont and I don't think any Dems had questions regarding Screaming Howard Dean's experience as a governor from a small state in 2004.
The irony of this was that I was listening to one of my liberal democrat inlaws saying that if Gov Palin had been at home being a mother instead of governing a state, then maybe this wouldn't happen. I heard that sentiment echoed on tv as well. I was in disbelief that this is being said by people who are politically liberal, but I guess some are so eager to criticize the opposing team that anything will be and can be said.
The thread title is hilarious, however.
I know. Or liberal women saying with a straight face that it is irresponsible of her to run with 5 kids at home, one of them a special need child, and that they would instead be taking care of them.
And fine, the title of this thread is both offensive and hilarious.
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
Actually, you're wrong. She was a mayor, and a governor, both of which are considered executive experience. Nice try though.
Seeing that the federal government owns 60% of all land in Alaska. Being the mayor of a village and governor of 40% of nothing makes for real qualifying executive leadership skills, kinda like Alice Fisher or former mayor Marion Barry.
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
Why does everyone say Alaska is the least populated state? It's not. It has a larger population than Vermont and I don't think any Dems had questions regarding Screaming Howard Dean's experience as a governor from a small state in 2004.
You are correct... But I love how republican pundits keep referring to Palin as the governor of the largest state in the country. C'mon now...
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Alaska is so important that none of the last three (D/R) presidential nominees campaigned there...
I guess the 3 electoral votes aren't worth the airfare to get there.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
She's managed and governed, something that Biden and Obama never have done. and no one has experience on the federal level. so the next thing you would look at is state governor. thats generally the closest to president you can get. Obama hasn't done anything at all.
Sorry.. but executive experience in no way is more beneficial than what legislative experience can give.
Sarah Palin's "extensive executive experience" was the mayor of a town that consists of no more than 9,000 people.. sorry, I lived in a town that size for years.. the mayor's position was a part time job. I hardly think she was making huge "executive" decisions in the great metropolitan area of Northen Exposure-ville.
She has been govenor, in office, for 16 months. If you think this qualifies someone for the position of vice president than your standards are questionably low.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
I don't care if you are the mayor of Bumblefuck, Alaska or a 8 time senator from the most populated state in the union, nothing prepares you for being the President unless you already served in that capacity before. All this talk about Obama's inexperience, didn't hear to many Republicans bitching about that when Bush ran, or Palin executive experience, running a town of 9,000 people and a state of 600,000 is not even in the same league as running an entire country. It's all bullshit diversionary tactics so these 4 fuck wads don't have to address real issue. And anyone who eats this crap up deserves the shitty representation we are about to elect come November.
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
Executive experience is when the buck stops with you. You are the ultimate decision maker...there's no voting "Present".
Even a mayor's decision can be overturned by a city council vote. A governor's decision can be negated by a State referendum vote. A board of directors can override a CEO of a company. Sometimes that old 'buck stops here' is just a grand illusion.
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
Even a mayor's decision can be overturned by a city council vote. A governor's decision can be negated by a State referendum vote. A board of directors can override a CEO of a company. Sometimes that old 'buck stops here' is just a grand illusion.
That is true. A governor still has to get his or her plans approved by the state legislature.
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
This title is offensive. Overall, it is disgraceful how some liberals are attacking her and questioning alternatively her capacity to lead and her parenting skills.
And I am saying this as a liberal woman.
Ugh.
Sorry I offended you... wash your love and your mind.
Why does everyone say Alaska is the least populated state? It's not. It has a larger population than Vermont and I don't think any Dems had questions regarding Screaming Howard Dean's experience as a governor from a small state in 2004.
You had me on facts, (you're right, it's the third least populated) you didn't need the petty little dig.
Dean "screamed" 1 time at a rally for supporters (they isolated his mic, btw) then played it 400,000,000 times.
Why does everyone say Alaska is the least populated state? It's not. It has a larger population than Vermont and I don't think any Dems had questions regarding Screaming Howard Dean's experience as a governor from a small state in 2004.
If we're splitting hairs, Dean was governor for ten years in comparison to twenty months from Palin's end. Just saying.
Originally Posted by meme
This title is offensive. Overall, it is disgraceful how some liberals are attacking her and questioning alternatively her capacity to lead and her parenting skills.
Sorry I offended you... wash your love and your mind.
Well, I don't believe that anyone needs to get misogynistic on Palin, although they certainly will. As a Hillary supporter, this election has truly made me angry. It's 2008; stop attacking someone for simply their femaleness. I don't think anyone should attack her for her parenting skills, although...they do somewhat come into the picture since she asked for them too. I don't think she deserves special, hands-off treatment because she's a woman. If Chelsea Clinton had come to the convention 5 months pregnant, questions would have been raised...although Chelsea is in her late 20s, not 17. Who chooses to run when fresh meat in the form of your 17-year-old lies in wait? I question her judgment on two fronts...doesn't she know what she's doing to her daughter? By simply choosing to run, her daughter is now Enquirer material. And what about her judgment on abstinence-only education? To me, these are both bad judgment calls on major things....in her own life. If she's going to make calls like this for her family--people that intimately matter to her--what kind of calls is she going to make for us, people she doesn't even know? If ideology is more important than her actual daughter...ideology will dictate all kinds of great things for people to whom she is not related. I don't see what I have just said as attacking her as a person....I see that as questioning her judgment and her likely actions. Also, on her ability to lead...is a woman who is being coached on foreign policy since she has no knowledge of it and having all of her speeches written for her, etc., demonstrating that she's ready to lead? I'm not sure that it does. These are not personal attacks on Palin that no other candidate would have to endure...attacks on what she looks like, etc., those things have no place in the campaign. But, attacks on what she thinks is what politics are all about because what she thinks has the potential to impact all of us.
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The irony of this was that I was listening to one of my liberal democrat inlaws saying that if Gov Palin had been at home being a mother instead of governing a state, then maybe this wouldn't happen. I heard that sentiment echoed on tv as well. I was in disbelief that this is being said by people who are politically liberal, but I guess some are so eager to criticize the opposing team that anything will be and can be said.
The thread title is hilarious, however.
Why does everyone say Alaska is the least populated state? It's not. It has a larger population than Vermont and I don't think any Dems had questions regarding Screaming Howard Dean's experience as a governor from a small state in 2004.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
I know. Or liberal women saying with a straight face that it is irresponsible of her to run with 5 kids at home, one of them a special need child, and that they would instead be taking care of them.
And fine, the title of this thread is both offensive and hilarious.
Seeing that the federal government owns 60% of all land in Alaska. Being the mayor of a village and governor of 40% of nothing makes for real qualifying executive leadership skills, kinda like Alice Fisher or former mayor Marion Barry.
You are correct... But I love how republican pundits keep referring to Palin as the governor of the largest state in the country. C'mon now...
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
True, I roll my eyes when I hear that.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
I guess the 3 electoral votes aren't worth the airfare to get there.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I wouldn't go that far.
It's just Alaska had been a red state every election it's been eligible to vote in except 1964.
Just like how no one campaigns in Hawaii because it's gone blue every year its been eligible except 1972 and 1984.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Sorry.. but executive experience in no way is more beneficial than what legislative experience can give.
Sarah Palin's "extensive executive experience" was the mayor of a town that consists of no more than 9,000 people.. sorry, I lived in a town that size for years.. the mayor's position was a part time job. I hardly think she was making huge "executive" decisions in the great metropolitan area of Northen Exposure-ville.
She has been govenor, in office, for 16 months. If you think this qualifies someone for the position of vice president than your standards are questionably low.
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but together we make a mighty fist ~ Sitting Bull
Couldn't disagree more.
Executive experience is when the buck stops with you. You are the ultimate decision maker...there's no voting "Present".
Even a mayor's decision can be overturned by a city council vote. A governor's decision can be negated by a State referendum vote. A board of directors can override a CEO of a company. Sometimes that old 'buck stops here' is just a grand illusion.
That is true. A governor still has to get his or her plans approved by the state legislature.
Sorry I offended you... wash your love and your mind.
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You had me on facts, (you're right, it's the third least populated) you didn't need the petty little dig.
Dean "screamed" 1 time at a rally for supporters (they isolated his mic, btw) then played it 400,000,000 times.
conservative character asassination at it's best.
it's one of the reason Palin is fair game.
If we're splitting hairs, Dean was governor for ten years in comparison to twenty months from Palin's end. Just saying.
This title is offensive. Overall, it is disgraceful how some liberals are attacking her and questioning alternatively her capacity to lead and her parenting skills.
And I am saying this as a liberal woman.
Ugh.
Well, I don't believe that anyone needs to get misogynistic on Palin, although they certainly will. As a Hillary supporter, this election has truly made me angry. It's 2008; stop attacking someone for simply their femaleness. I don't think anyone should attack her for her parenting skills, although...they do somewhat come into the picture since she asked for them too. I don't think she deserves special, hands-off treatment because she's a woman. If Chelsea Clinton had come to the convention 5 months pregnant, questions would have been raised...although Chelsea is in her late 20s, not 17. Who chooses to run when fresh meat in the form of your 17-year-old lies in wait? I question her judgment on two fronts...doesn't she know what she's doing to her daughter? By simply choosing to run, her daughter is now Enquirer material. And what about her judgment on abstinence-only education? To me, these are both bad judgment calls on major things....in her own life. If she's going to make calls like this for her family--people that intimately matter to her--what kind of calls is she going to make for us, people she doesn't even know? If ideology is more important than her actual daughter...ideology will dictate all kinds of great things for people to whom she is not related. I don't see what I have just said as attacking her as a person....I see that as questioning her judgment and her likely actions. Also, on her ability to lead...is a woman who is being coached on foreign policy since she has no knowledge of it and having all of her speeches written for her, etc., demonstrating that she's ready to lead? I'm not sure that it does. These are not personal attacks on Palin that no other candidate would have to endure...attacks on what she looks like, etc., those things have no place in the campaign. But, attacks on what she thinks is what politics are all about because what she thinks has the potential to impact all of us.
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